What is ‘Special Educational Needs and Disability’?
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) is a legal term which describes the needs of a child who has a difficulty or disability which makes learning harder for them than for other children their age.
The Code of practice states:
A child or young person has SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her. A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability if he or she:
- has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age, or
- has a disability which prevents or hinders him or her from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools or mainstream post-16 institutions.
Around one in five children has SEND at some point during their school years, some children have SEND right through their time in school. SEND covers a broad spectrum of difficulties or disabilities. Children may have wide-ranging or specific problems, e.g. a child might have difficulty with one area of learning, such as letters or numbers, or they might have problems relating to other children, or to adults, etc.
A disability is a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities and causes a difficulty or barrier to learn or to access the curriculum.
Swineshead Saint Mary’s CE Primary School
At Swineshead St Mary’s we are committed to providing a quality education for every individual child we serve.
Mrs Christina Horton is the named school SENCO and holds the National SENCO Award. You can contact Mrs Horton on 01205 820356 or alternatively you may email via enquiries@swineshead.laat.co.uk
Find answers to key questions about SEND at our School in Swineshead's SEND Information Report.
